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Electricity

A database referring to the existence of a flow of electric charge.

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kVA

Electrical equipment; Electricity

1) Apparent Power expressed in Thousand Volt-Amps. 2) Kilovolt Ampere rating designates the output which a transformer can deliver at rated voltage and frequency without exceeding a specified ...

KVAR

Electrical equipment; Electricity

KVAR is the measure of additional reactive current flow which occurs when the voltage and current flow are not perfectly synchronized or not in phase.

KYZ

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A designator for the Form-C pulse initiator output from a transducer.

L

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A symbol used to express inductance. The unit of measure is a "Henry".

ladder diagram (LD)

Electrical equipment; Electricity

One of the IEC 61131-3 programming languages.

lag

Electrical equipment; Electricity

The condition where the current is delayed in time with respect to the voltage in an ac circuit (for example, an inductive load).

lamp

Electrical equipment; Electricity

A complete light source unit, usually consisting of a light generating element (arc tube or filament), support hardware, enclosing envelope and base.

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